Swedish HELP Please! Andrew Fredrick Hillstrand Parents????

[buffa]

I have run out of ideas....looking for the Parents of my Great Grandfather;

Andrew (Anders) Fredrick Hillstrand (could be Hellstrom also) born 16 Jan 1881 in Helge, Stenkyrka, Sweden.

Arrived in the USA; Oct 1901, lived in Minnesota, then Burleigh, North Dakota and
 died 23 Feb 1951 in Riverside, California, USA,

He was single when he arrived in the USA.

Would love to find his Parents and beyond.....

Thanks for any Help!

[garstonite]

Hiya Buffa - Hillstrand only shows Danish family tree on this site - but there are 353 for Hellstrom - have a look through them - couldn`t find Helge or Stenkyrka families - but similar naming towns ...anyway -register for free and have a good look around those trees - will take a long time but you may be lucky and find a connection
good luck
http://en.geneanet.org/search/?page_size=20&ressource=arbre&vplist%5Bname%5D=&name=hellstrom&nbindi=&country=SWE&region=&subregion=&place=&annee_debut=1881&annee_fin=1900&source=&sub_frm51ef6141d50c7.x=21&sub_frm51ef6141d50c7.y=13&ajax_ok=1

[jorose]

http://www.svar.ra.se/
http://www.arkivdigital.net/
 - lots of records online, these sites need a subscription.

Can you confirm:
When, where, and under what name he entered the US
His birthdate - he may have been born later than 1881? Dates seems to vary although if I have it right he may have lowered his age when he married Melita.

It does appear to me that there were two Andrews of a similar age, which makes things tricky:
1. Andrew Hillstrand, m. Marie b. Sweden - in 1910 and 1920 in ND with daughter Zelda
2. Andrew Hillstrand m. Mary b. MN - in 1910 onwards in MN with son Melvin

One of these (ND Andrew as he has a WWI record with right birthday but 1883 not 1881) appears to then move to California sometime between 1920 and 1930, along with (second?) wife Melita.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8NC-VDK
 - here is the marriage to Melita.  It does give his parents but only as "A Hillstrand" and "Bessi Jackopson".
Interesting that he lists himself as single - although birthday is consistently 16 Jan for both WWI record in ND - wife Marie in Bismarck - and WWII - wife Melita (place of birth FALUN, Sweden on this record)

The spelling Hellstrand does appear in Sweden.  I think "Hellstrom" may be a red herring (unless you have a confirmed record of him which uses it).

[buffa]

jorose & garstonite

I know his Birthday from his Military Record from WW1 says 1883 but all census records work out to 1881? Another head scratcher?

It is the Hillstrand from ND...Zelda was my Mom's Mother.

I keep seeing that other one from MN with the Son, Melvin but I'm sure that they only had the 2 Daughters as my Mom never said anything about having Uncles.

My Bad...it should have read "Anders Hellstrand" arriving 4 Oct 1901 his Destination: Willmar Minnesota
...you know how names were sometimes changed to sound more American/English/Canadian etc.

I have wondered if Maria was a name change from Melita? Just can't seem to find marriage records or Divorce records???


More questions then answers again?

[jorose]

He might have lowered his age to be younger when he signed up to the military, or on some records to match the ages of his wives.

Marie and Melita are definitely different people (Melita was b. 1895 ND and Marie about 1883 Sweden).  It was much harder to track people back then, so possibly he just left Marie (no divorce, etc - or of course, she could have left him!), and Melita may or may not have known he wasn't single when they married.

I would guess that the first marriage either took place in MN or ND and there's not much online for thos areas. If you look on familysearch for father's last name Hillstrand mother's list name Pierson and leave the rest blank you will see a death record for daughter Beatrice and also a possible marriage for Zelda going by "Lou Christine Hill" which show their mother's maiden name as Pierson.

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov does show a 1910 article which says that Mrs Andrew Hillstrand and Albert C Jasperson, left for Morris, Minnesota on the 26th February 1910 having received word that their father had died there that morning (think this was Albert's father in law, actually). They would return with Mrs Jasperson and Zelda Hillstrand who had been visiting her grandmother.  A slightly later record mentions Mrs Albert C Jasparson and Mrs Andrew Hillstrand as sisters.

http://people.mnhs.org/dci/ shows a Peter Parson  d. 26 Feb 1910 who would fit.

If you can work out where Marie's family settled on arrival into the US (Morris? Willmar?) - then that is probably also where she and Andrew married.

[buffa]

WOW jorose you are sure making me think more.

I had dug up a marriage date of 05 Mar 1905 for Andrew and Marie in Stevens MN, but can't remember where I got that...they were still living in MN on the 07 Jun 1905 Census.

Beatrice Elizabeth Udall (nee Hillstrand) is my Grand Aunt...knew that one, she was known to change her DOB.

Ran that "Lou Christine Hill"...that is wild! Found in the 1930 Census that George O Mosby was Divorced by then.

Zelda (my Grandmother) is something of a real mystery, she supposedly died in a Car Accident with my Grandfather Walter Fearn 15 Aug 1951 but her body was never recovered, speculation she murdered Walter as he was found behind the wheel of the car...Walter DID NOT drive!

My Father swears she showed up in the 70's but she never got to talk to my Mother.

Maybe Andrew Hillstrand left without Divorcing Marie....

[jorose]

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/SPQD-PP1
 - if you look at this image you can see Andrew, Marie, and possibly Marie's father Peter together in the 1905 census in Morris, Stevens Co, MN. (index only - don't know how much there would be on the actual record)

 http://www.rootschat.com/links/0vhc/  - hope this works, should link to an image in a card index of marriages in Stevens Co - Andrew Hillstrand and Marie Pearson, 5 Mar 1905 (both of Stevens Co).

[pinefamily]

Hello Buffa,
In response to your original question, I have had a look for your great grandfather. There are two places called Stenkyrka, but I could not find him in either place's birth records. Where did you get his birth info  from?

[jorose]

Hi pinefamily,

The only reference I've found, personally, is his WWII record which says he was b. Falun (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V485-82V )


Back on Mary's side:
1909: "Miss Tilley Persons", visiting her sister Mrs Andrew Hillstrand, from Morris, MN, becomes a bookkeeper for the Bismarck Construction Co.

An interesting set of people in 1905 (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/SPQD-5VZ ) - seems to be that the Hillstrands were listed twice:

Johanna P Pearsons, 48, b. Sweden
Tilley Pearsons, 18, b. Minn
Zelda Wilson, 4, b. Minn
Annie J Wilson, 23, b. Sweden
Marree Hilstrand, 21, b. Sweden
Andrew Hillstrand, 23, b. Sweden

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M2PS-66S
Could this be them in 1910! - explains why Peter is listed on 1905 separately (seems to be a bit of a trend in this family!)